Rattle



Jan. 6, 1942. A. ZADEK 2,268,684

BATTLE [I II .1. 40 LE Filed Oct. 22', 1940 INVENTOR 2 ATTORNEY PatentedJan. 6, 1942 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to a toy rattle and has for its object to providea rattle with a cylindrical head wherein one or more moving units areconfined to a guide fixed in the head, and the units in their movementsabut the ends of the latter to produce certain sound effectsparticularly pleasing to a very small child.

A further object of the invention is to provide a rattle of thischaracter in which certain sounding devices, e. g. bells or the like,are fixed at each end of the guide and produce sounds in response to theblows struck by the moving units as they are moved into contact with thesounding devices.

A still further object of the present invention is to provide a flexiblehandle for a rattle of this character, wherein reciprocatory movement ofthe rattle head is greatly facilitated.

I accomplish the objects of my invention by means of the combinationsand arrangement of parts described in-the following specification, setforth in the appended claim and illustratively exemplified in theaccompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a substantially longitudinal sectional view of oneembodiment of the invention;

Figure 2 is a substantially transverse sectional view of the rattletaken on line 22 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is 'a side elevational view of a further embodiment of myinvention showing parts broken away to describe otherwise hidden parts.

Referring to the drawing, l denotes a cylindrical rattle head closed atits opposite ends by caps H. The head I0 is provided with a holder orsocket I2 disposed on its outer surface at the mid portion thereof, theholder comprising a hemispherical shell attached at its equator to thehead. An opening I3 is provided in the crown of the shell to receive oneend of a tubular handle M, the end thereof in the shell carrying twoflanges l5 embracing the Wall of the shell surrounding the opening l3.The free or outer end of the handle supports a ring [6 in theconventional manner of devices of this character.

A guide spindle I1 is supported at its ends in openings or sockets IS inthe caps H, the spindle being disposed coaxially of the longitudinalaxis of the head Ill. The spindle I! is provided with bell devices [9adjacent its opposite ends to form sounding abutments for the end unitsof a plurality of slidable hammers 20. Each hammer 20 consists of ahollow metal disc having a center opening 2| to receive the spindle andallow easy movement along the latter.

In the embodiment of the invention illustrated in Figure 3, the spindleI! supports or carries only one hammer 22 which is a cylindrical memberhaving a longitudinal bore 23 through which the spindle projects. Tofacilitate in producing the reciprocal movement of the rattle head II],the handle 24 may be made of flexible material, e. g. rubber tubing, asillustrated in Figure 3.

In operation, the child grips the handle of the rattle and swings itbackwardly and forwardly causing the hammer or hammers 2022 to slidealong the spindle l1 and strike the bells [9 at opposite ends of thehead. The flexible handle 24 merely facilitates the swinging motion ofthe head 20-22 to beat with greater force against the bells.

Having described my invention and the manner in which the same operates,what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A rattle having an elongated cylindrical head with the ends thereofsupporting a coaxial spindle, closed hollow hammer units slidablycarried by said spindle, said cylindrical head having its cylindricalwall spaced apart from said hammer units, bell devices fixed at the endsof the spindle adjacent the ends of the head and against which thehammers strike in their extreme movements along the spindle and a handleattached to the side of the-cylindrical head substantially midway of itslength and projecting at right angles to the longitudinal axis of thehead.

ARTHUR ZADEK.

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